Last week, at the CED Venture Tech conference there were many things over Research Triangle Park (RTP), and a large representation of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill that surround it. There was also a large representation of Citrix. In fact, the startup history was present. Our CEO, the person driving M & A, the former CEO of a major acquisition, our accelerator to start early, we had all four bases covered in terms of stage and the lead roles.
He scored an exciting and proud occasion for me on many fronts. startups First and foremost, I like to see succeed. Jesse Lipson's just like an entrepreneur, and now after spending a few days in the field to Raleigh, I have even more respect for the work he has done. Jesse Sharefile built from the ground up, refused to take a risk capital in spite of all the companies that came knocking, and scaled its business to a major output in Citrix. Citrix in turn picked up a morsel of its cloud strategy in the secure data storage and cloud-based software sharing Sharefile champions. This is the cycle of innovation, we get to see so often in technology, the cycle of talented entrepreneur -> validated to start -> to the acquired growth. It is a beautiful thing. And most of it is repeated often.
This is why the Citrix Startup Accelerator exists to help drive the fastest cycle. We seek Jesse Lipson of the world (which need at least a bit of capital) that may especially benefit from the host of resources and expertise that we bring as an investor. We are now accelerating at an early stage. Cloud services, infrastructure, enterprise mobility, application management and collaboration software are some of the technologies we focus on, and it is our mission to help our investments to succeed in Serie A or the 'acquisition.
In the speech of Mark Templeton last Tuesday, he said: "Being an entrepreneur is to have beliefs, adding that a strategy and get results," Well, it seems to me. since I graduated from UNC in 01, a result that local entrepreneurs believed in a startup ecosystem growth. and now see Citrix and other companies such as Redhat continuing their investment in the region and driving this growth even further ... it marks a great progress for my country. prides much the word.
# TVC2012 provided an excellent opportunity to see how listening Citrix is with the startup ecosystem, and how truly two-way communication and that these benefits arise. When you are a company that acquires and also incorporates Citrix often is the case, it makes sense. it is quite literally in the DNA of the company to be the biggest start there based on all contractors now help run it. I know what some people think, "yeah right, Citrix is great, how can it be?". When I started to Citrix last December, I'm curious too. I knew the team of 2 people, I joined to be quite autonomous and disjointed, but what about the rest of society? I got my answer that day. I met an exit multiple startup guy who actually took a few months off to contemplate life and its next steps. By examining where he wanted to be and where it could have the greatest impact in the coming years, he chose Citrix. That says a lot.
Regarding Raleigh, I look forward to returning already. I have my eyes on the search for a potential investment, the HUB Raleigh opening its doors, and ... yes, basketball, of course! Of the four of us Citrix who attended the conference, we had all 3 of the covered local schools. He is the fourth person broke the tie in favor of the UNC. I'll take it. GO Heels, Citrix GO, GO start something!
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